 O world, thou choosest not the better part ! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is wisdom to believe the heart. Columbus found a world, and had no chart, Save one that faith deciphered in the skies; To trust...  American Character - Sivu 46tekijä(t) Brander Matthews - 1906 - 33 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1894 - 508 sivua
...have stopped with No. Ill, wherein he would trust the soul's "invincible surmise," like Columbus, who Found a world, and had no chart, Save one that faith deciphered in the skies. Nevertheless it remains true that all this is soul experience, uttered in a language that others may... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 406 sivua
...BROWN, o TRUST IN FAITH WORLD, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art, Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead, Across a void of mystery and dread, Bid, then,... | |
 | 1904 - 1054 sivua
...LOVE: SERVICE. FAITH. O WORLD, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread. Bid, then,... | |
 | Daniel Gregory Mason - 1906 - 442 sivua
...of his everyday existence there was developing in him the stuff of real heroism. Like Columbus, he "found a world, and had no chart Save one that faith...invincible surmise Was all his science and his only art." The story of the last year of his short life is most pathetic. In March, 1828, he made an attempt to... | |
 | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly - 1910 - 490 sivua
...Lisbon to Madrid. ARAGON " O World thou chooseth not the better part ! It is not wisdom to be only wise And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread. Bid, then,... | |
 | Edith Rickert - 1912 - 604 sivua
...FAITH BY GEORGE SANTAYANA O WORLD, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread. Bid, then,... | |
 | 1913 - 1432 sivua
...Plain Dealer. Faith. Oh, World, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread. Kid then... | |
 | Willard Chamberlain Selleck - 1916 - 152 sivua
...still more largely. "O world, thou choosest not the better parti It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead, Across a void of mystery and dread. Bid, then,... | |
 | Harry Emerson Fosdick - 1917 - 336 sivua
...Jjuth is thfijGreat "Oh ! world, thou choosest not the better part, It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes ; But it is...science and his only art. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across the void of mystery and dread. Bid then... | |
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